Rohingya

Rohingya refugees headed to the Bhasan Char island prepare to board navy vessels from the south eastern port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh (AP)

Bangladesh sends more Rohingya refugees to new island

February 15, 2021

US president Joe Biden said the sanctions ‘need not be permanent’ (Evan Vucci/AP)

White House names generals targeted by Myanmar sanctions

February 11, 2021

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s civilian leader, as she and other senior politicians were arrested as part of a military coup (PA)

Aung San Suu Kyi: The Oxford student who became Myanmar state counsellor

February 1, 2021

A Rohingya refugee carries another as they prepare to be relocated to the island of Bhasan Char, in Chattogram, Bangladesh (Azim Aunon/AP)

Bangladesh sends third group of Rohingya refugees to island

January 29, 2021

A Rohingya refugee sits by charred remains after a fire broke out in Nayapara Camp in Bangladesh (Mohammed Faisal/AP)

Fire destroys hundreds of homes in Rohingya refugee camp

January 14, 2021

Rohingya refugees on naval ships ahead of being transported to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal in Chittagong, Bangladesh (Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP)

1,800 Rohingya relocated to isolated island

December 29, 2020

Rohingya refugees board a ship as they are ferried to Bhashan Char (Saleh Noman/AP)

First Rohingya refugees arrive at isolated Bangladesh island

December 4, 2020

A Rohingya refugee woman who is among those being moved to an island called Bhasan Char cries outside a transit area (Shafiqur Rahman/AP)

Bangladesh relocating Rohingya refugees to isolated island

December 3, 2020

Amal Clooney has called for immediate pardons in the cases of two reporters jailed in Burma (Ian West/PA)

Amal Clooney calls for jailed reporters in Burma to be pardoned

September 29, 2018